Ikonos
Sign in to saveIKONOS was a commercial Earth observation satellite, and was the first to collect publicly available high-resolution imagery at 1- and 4-meter resolution. It collected multispectral (MS) and panchromatic (PAN) imagery. The capability to observe Earth via space-based telescope has been called "one of the most significant developments in the history of the space age", and IKONOS brought imagery rivaling that of military spy satellites to the commercial market. IKONOS imagery began being sold on 1 January 2000, and the spacecraft was retired in 2015.
Key facts
- Spaceflight.auto
- all
- Spaceflight.name
- Ikonos-2
- Spaceflight.mission_type
- Earth observation
- Spaceflight.operator
- DigitalGlobe
- Spaceflight.COSPAR_ID
- 1999-051A
- Spaceflight.SATCAT
- 25919
- Spaceflight.mission_duration
- Final:
- Spaceflight.spacecraft_bus
- LM-900
- Spaceflight.manufacturer
- Lockheed Martin Space Systems
- Spaceflight.power
- 1,500 W
- Spaceflight.launch_rocket
- Athena II, LM-007
- Spaceflight.launch_site
- Vandenberg AFB SLC-6
- Spaceflight.launch_contractor
- Lockheed Martin
- Spaceflight.entered_service
- December 1999
- Spaceflight.disposal_type
- Decommissioned
- Spaceflight.orbit_reference
- Geocentric
- Spaceflight.orbit_regime
- Low Earth
- Spaceflight.orbit_eccentricity
- 0.00028
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- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 1999-09-24
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- History
- Specifications
- Spacecraft
- Optical Sensor Assembly
- See also
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IKONOS was a commercial Earth observation satellite, and was the first to collect publicly available high-resolution imagery at 1- and 4-meter resolution. It collected multispectral (MS) and panchromatic (PAN) imagery. The capability to observe Earth via space-based telescope has been called "one of the most significant developments in the history of the space age", and IKONOS brought imagery rivaling that of military spy satellites to the commercial market. IKONOS imagery began being sold on 1 January 2000, and the spacecraft was retired in 2015.
==History== IKONOS originated under the Lockheed Corporation as the Commercial Remote Sensing System (CRSS) satellite. In April 1994 Lockheed was granted one of the first licenses from the U.S. Department of Commerce for commercial satellite high-resolution imagery. On 25 October 1995 partner company Space Imaging received a license from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to transmit telemetry from the satellite in the eight-gigahertz Earth exploration-satellite services band. Prior to launch, Space Imaging changed the name of the satellite system to IKONOS. The name comes from the Greek word eikōn, for "image".